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I once had a monstera Who thrived in my tears And melted mascara We loved to share fears She's sunburnt easily So I'm happy to wallow Simply ceaselessly Since laughter is too bright Content with shared misery I keep curtains drawn tight To keep her close by Now I have your cactus And I love it so much I do what I've practiced Gentle with my touch I water it with my tears I share all my fears You've left me with this plant So I can't let it die I love it so much So I cry and cry and cry But something strange happens Making my salt falter The leaves shrivel and wrinkle Maybe it needs more water I scream as I cry Because it keeps wilting I love it I love it I love it Maybe it needs more water I'm so scared to lose this To lose what's left of you So nurture it in my way It hasn't seen the sun in days Why is my cactus dying? Maybe I am just not trying Hard enough to water it The dam of my sorrows pours free I'm flooding my favorite plant Why is it dying? I mix my tears with paint It will accept my love if it's beautiful I mix my tears with blood It will accept my love if it's pitiful I mix my tears with sugar It will accept my love if it's sweet I pour and pour and pour And love and love and love And cry and cry and cry Please, I'm begging, just don't die My tears fall into empty hands A carcass sits in the window Longing for desert sands I realize too late The sun is what it craves Its roots filled with rot Left too long in a soaked *** The sun warms a plant long gone I tried too hard. I tried too wrong Neck aching, head bowed My cactus can't love me now
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Mar 6
Mar 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM UTC
Lord, I Worry That Love is Violence (revised)
I once had a monstera Who thrived in my tears And melted mascara We loved to share fears She's sunburnt easily So I'm happy to wallow Simply ceaselessly Since laughter is too bright Content with shared misery I keep curtains drawn tight To keep her close by Now I have your cactus And I love it so much I do what I've practiced Gentle with my touch I water it with my tears I share all my fears You've left me with this plant So I can't let it die I love it so much So I cry and cry and cry But something strange happens Making my salt falter The leaves shrivel and wrinkle Maybe it needs more water I scream as I cry Because it keeps wilting I love it I love it I love it Maybe it needs more water I'm so scared to lose this To lose what's left of you So nurture it in my way It hasn't seen the sun in days Why is my cactus dying? Maybe I am just not trying Hard enough to water it The dam of my sorrows pours free I'm flooding my favorite plant Why is it dying? I mix my tears with paint It will accept my love if it's beautiful I mix my tears with blood It will accept my love if it's pitiful I mix my tears with sugar It will accept my love if it's sweet I pour and pour and pour And love and love and love And cry and cry and cry Please, I'm begging, just don't die My tears fall into empty hands A carcass sits in the window Longing for desert sands I realize too late The sun is what it craves Its roots filled with rot Left too long in a soaked *** The sun warms a plant long gone I tried too hard. I tried too wrong Neck aching, head bowed My cactus can't love me now
Fixed it. Was rereading the original and it was making me mad
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Mar 6
Mar 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM UTC
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